Author: sister ki
The mention of "Mickey" can bring back everyone's childhood memories.
The copyright of IP Mickey has been officially released
Disney Disney is the greatest dream maker since the 20th century - Mickey Mouse and friends have dominated everyone's childhood for nearly a hundred years. The copyright of "Mickey" has been protected for 95 years from 1927 to the present, under the name "Mickey Mouse Protection Act", and the copyright of "Mickey Mouse" will be released to the public on January 1, 2024.
The WEB3 project Ai generative platform Aipick.xyz also lost no time in giving away the "Mickey" AI model NFT to everyone.
In the era of Ai+Crypto, everyone can follow the footsteps of "Mickey" to pursue the laughter of childhood, and even embrace "Bitcoin", the young financial pioneer. Compared with the nearly 100-year-old "Mickey" who maintains his cute vitality, the fifteen-year-old "Bitcoin" seems to be standing in the youthful stage of life, and of course can experience more unknown miracles and rich stories.
Aipick Dance of Time: Mickey and Bitcoin’s Symphonic Fantasy
Aipick creation platform launches a series of Bitcoin&Mickey's AI joint paintings, because this begins a dreamy and hopeful story. The encounter of symbols from two different fields is a wonderful moment when history and future are intertwined on the canvas. Together, they build a grand story that combines tradition and modernity, culture and technology, showing a new era of intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency.
In 1928, Disney launched "Steamboat Willie", the first audio animation in history. "On the steamboat, turning the steering wheel and whistling Mickey is happily heading to the New World..." It became an instant hit. The movie became an instant hit on the day it was released (November 18), which is also officially designated as Mickey's birthday. Mickey, who is nearly a hundred years old, still retains his childlike innocence and cuteness, becoming a legend witnessed by time.
In 2024, the artificial intelligence generation platform painted another beautiful picture for us: "In front of a bank cash machine, Mickey rotates the password and extracts a large Bitcoin gold coin from the encryption world. This is no longer a simple number. Currency is a fantasy object that transcends reality. It is made of pure gold using ATM as a medium and is worth millions of USDT. It is the ultimate luxury in the financial world."
Although "Mickey" and Bitcoin belong to different fields, their development processes reflect profound resonance. This resonance is not a coincidence, but behind the two eras, they both respond to society’s pursuit of hope, change and freedom!
Their growth stories
1. Mickey Mouse and the Birth of Bitcoin
Every great event is born in a specific period, just like the story of every hero of the era.
- A Miracle of the Great Depression: The Birth of Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse was born during the Great Depression in the early 20th century. The shadow of the economic crisis still hangs over the United States. When people in the period of depression and depression saw the first movie, it not only shaped people's values, but also gave birth to a cartoon character-Mickey Mouse, created by Disney. Just like he was driving the ship in "Steamboat Willie", his big round ears had no words, but he swayed his butt, jumped, and whistled in the wind... This cute image has become a miracle in people's hearts. , leading them to a new place of hope. Mickey is not only a cartoon character, but also a beam of light in the struggles of people of that era. Through animation, people find the strength to face the hardships of life.
- A philosophical response to the financial crisis: The birth of Bitcoin
Bitcoin emerged during the 2008 financial crisis as a philosophical response to the fragility of the financial system. Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" proposes a decentralized, anonymous and transparent currency system designed to solve the problems of financial center institutions. Paints a beautiful and hopeful picture of the future. Bitcoin is a technological and ideological revolution, a questioning of the traditional financial system, and a manifestation of people's pursuit of freedom and privacy.
In fact, Bitcoin's first financial use case sparked interest in 2010 - hungry programmer Laszlo Hanyecz spent 10,000 BTC to buy two pizzas worth $25 from fast-food chain Papa John's. But cryptocurrencies took off when they began to solve broader socioeconomic problems around the world.
2. The evolution of copyright into the public domain: Mickey Mouse and the liberation of Bitcoin
Mickey Mouse's copyright protection lasts for 95 years, and Disney has passed a series of bills to ensure its monopoly on its IP. Disney uses IP copyright to buy out almost everyone’s childhood. It started by relying on original content, leveraging capital to continue mergers and acquisitions, and then created an entertainment empire with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.
However, on January 1, 2024, Mickey's copyright finally entered the public domain. This moment symbolizes the liberation of culture, as well as the sharing and inheritance of art. In contrast, the decentralized nature of Bitcoin frees it from the control of traditional financial institutions and enables the free circulation of digital assets, thus finding a similar liberation in the crypto world.
3. From creation to market recognition of ETF: a new stage of Bitcoin
Bitcoin's history is full of ups and downs, and the market has been rife with doubts and volatility.
In 2011, social organizations began accepting donations in Bitcoin, which had an exchange rate of $10. The troubled WikiLeaks founder Assange explained the "stateless" Bitcoin to him in detail.
In October 2013, the world's first Bitcoin teller machine was launched in Vancouver, Canada. After converting all issued Bitcoins into U.S. dollars based on market prices, the total value exceeded 1 billion U.S. dollars.
In 2014, Mt. Gox, the world's leading Bitcoin trading platform, was attacked by hackers and experienced sharp fluctuations. The first Bitcoin ATM machines were launched in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places.
In 2017, although Wall Street giant CEOs had different attitudes towards Bitcoin, Dubai officially launched a cryptocurrency called "emcash", which will be used to pay for government and non-government services. The price of Bitcoin exceeded US$1,500 for the first time, and the market value reached more than US$25 billion.
On June 9, 2021, the Central American country of Zavar also became the first country in the world to use the virtual currency 'Bitcoin' as its legal currency. Subsequently, many countries have adopted Bitcoin as their legal currency.
On January 11, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the spot Bitcoin ETF application, opening the door for Bitcoin to officially enter the mainstream financial market. This decision is not only a recognition of Bitcoin technology, but also means the establishment of the status of digital assets in the future financial landscape.
The profound philosophy of Mickey, Bitcoin, and AI
AI drives the diversification of content. AI can allow audiences to "re-understand Mickey...", allowing more culture and creativity to flow freely, and also reflects the changes in traditional property rights concepts. "Mickey" and "Bitcoin", one is a witness of time, and the other is the leader of the future.
In this era where AI and Crypto are dancing together, AiPick’s paintings have become a bridge connecting the past and the future, integrating traditional culture and digital finance. This is not only an artistic creation, but also an adventure across time and space. The symphony played by "Mickey" and "Bitcoin" together arouses people's deep yearning for wealth and the future.
N years later, Bitcoin will create every millionaire born in the 1980s and 1990s. It is not inconsistent to say that the entire cryptocurrency world is the Disney of the entire financial industry.
Mickey’s training model developed by AIPICK
Note: Anyone who logs in to https://aipick.xyz can airdrop the "Mickey" AI model nft. AiPick developed a training model of Mickey: "The generated images are intended to follow the 1928 design to bring Mickey, Minnie and Pete into the public domain." "This is still a work in progress: while the model is being developed, it should Check the resulting images to make sure they are actually in the public domain design."
